Colbert Report: 12/20/06 Penultimate green screen

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I predict: “penultimate” is going to go the way of “begs the question” and morph into being used interchangeably with “ultimate/final”. I know (or hope) Stephen Colbert knows better, but he did call this his third and penultimate green-screen challenge. Boy I hope he has a fourth and final one.

Him decked out in the five-neck guitar was too cute, and how he clumsily applied the “blood” to get out of dueling with the Decemberists guy.

The best was Kissinger’s deadpan “Crank it up”.

The creepiest is Frampton still using that voice-changer thing.

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I thought it was a terrific episode and a great way to usher out the new year.

I didn’t mind the voice changer thing, but do they sterilize those, or did they break out a new one when S.C. was vocalizing his theme at the end?

All in all, great fun and an impressive array of guests (though it’s a shame Mandela & Salinger got bumped :p)

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It was a waste of an episode and a helluva way to call favors in to have people in the show.

It WAS funny, though. And no, Colbert would have some FrampGerms.

Ah, like a proud father, I watch the show…I give myself dap for being an early adopter and watching the show through the very first one.

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I thought it was hilarious. I love Colbert, I enjoy his show even more now than The Daily Show I think.

“Oh my God, Peter Frampton! It’s a Christmas Miracle!” :slight_smile:

“The Grand Prize is The Decemberists new CD! I love the Decemberists! In your face, lead guitar player from the Decemberists!”

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It’s edging that way for me too. I find both of them smokin’. :cool:

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Man, Frampton rocked! He definitely blew the Decemberists dude away. I was wondering how Colbert was going to get out of actually playing guitar.

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Did anyone else feel like the audience wasn’t popping hard enough for Frampton and Colbert was trying to jazz them more?

I loved it, but he can basically do no wrong in my eyes. Not like Jon. I’m fond of the DS and all, but the edge has shifted.

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Damn, I have to stop looking at my Frampton Comes Alive cover. It hurts the belief I have built that I’ve not aged and still have hair.

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It had its funny moments but I have to admit that I start getting bored when Colbert goes off the “Conservative Talk Show” route and into playing guitar or dedicating twenty minutes to space cartoons.

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Yeah, Tek Janssen needs to die in a flaming crash. I thought the ep under discussion was lame, although Kissinger was funny for once in his life. On the other hand, TDS has been gaining ground. The ep a couple of nights ago, the one with his riff on Miss USA, was hilarious.

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I loved his top prize. That was great.
My favorite part has to be “Oh my God, my hands. This is supposed to be blood. Ah!”

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So true. If you ever need an example of what us old-timers are talking about when we tell you that the difference between the bands of old and the new guitar heroes today is the difference between music and noise, here it is.

(This has nothing to do with whatever the Decemberists may sound like on their albums, BTW.)

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Ah, Chris was just goofing around. You know, get the pointiest guitar available, get the crappiest 80’s digital tone possible, and use as many tricks out of a ‘how to shred’ magazine as you can fit into a minute. He smokes the pedal steel and hurdy-gurdy IRL.